A collection of Beauty and the Beast quotes from both the original animated movie and the new live action version of the film. Beast has several great and memorable quotes in the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast, showing his growth and tenderness as he meets Belle.
Looking for the most inspiring Beaty and the Beast quotes? Viewers around the world have been mesmerized by Disney’s wonderful adaptations of Beauty and the Beast. If you add the different literary versions, it’s safe to say that the classic fairytale has been a source of inspiration for children for many years. This list of great Beauty and the Beast quotes is a great resource for people who love the fairy tale and its movie adaptations. It will bring back happy memories and make you think of your favorite things. 🙂
The classic story is about love that isn’t supposed to happen and kindness that is hidden behind ugly looks. A self-centered prince is forced to go on a journey to change his personality so that he can become a better person. Beauty and the Beast is a story about this. But it also tells the story of a poor woman who finds the love of her life by picking a good man over a handsome one.
The fairytale shows that it’s important to look past superficial traits when it comes to making friends and finding love. Having the courage to look inside a person and look for what’s inside shows that there are many great benefits to this. Beauty and the Beast is one of the best works of literature in the world, and its movie adaptations made it into one of the most famous movies in history. In this way, the movies have helped to spread the fairytale’s legacy. You’ve come to the right place. We’ve compiled a list of top 115 quotes from Belle, Beast, Gaston. Check out the full collection below.
“I’ve been burnt by you before!”
“And here I was thinking you were an utterly uneducated beast,” Belle said teasingly.
Cogsworth: …and we become antiques!” Liz Braswell
Best Beauty And The Beast Quotes
“She glanced this way, I thought I saw… And when we touched, she didn’t shudder at my paw.
“You have to help me. You have to stand.” – Belle (to the Beast) Belle
“The master’s not as terrible as he appears!”
“How can you read this? There are no pictures!”
“If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.”
Lumière: The master remains a beast forever…
Wasting in my lonely tower, waiting by an open door
“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.”
“He’s no monster, Gaston; you are!” – Belle
“When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirit high! Remember what you said: As long as there’s Christmas, I truly believe that hope is the greatest of the gifts we’ll receive. As long as our guiding star shines above.”
“Now I know she’ll never leave me, even as she fades from view Mrs. Potts: Kind!
“Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back … and remember me.” – Beast
“Lumière: You must charm her! Be gentle!
“Well, of course, he can talk. It’s all he ever does. Now, Lumière, as head of the household I demand that you put her back in her cell at once.”
No, it can’t be; I’ll just ignore it… But then, she’s never looked at me that way before…”
“If she is the one who’ll break the spell, you must finally learn to love.”
“You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.”
“I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her.” Gaston
“It’s the ones who play hard to get that are always the sweetest prey. That’s what makes Belle so appealing; she hasn’t made a fool of herself just to gain my favor. What would you call that?”
“It’s not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas… thinking…”
“Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind.”
“Can anybody be happy if they aren’t free?”
“Walt said, ‘If I ever do go back, there are only two subjects I would want to do. One of them is Beauty and the Beast.’ For the life of me, I can’t remember what the other one was.” Jeanne Marie Beaumont
“You are the wildest, most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen! Nobody deserves you…”
“Lumière: You must charm her! Be gentle!
“As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.”
“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell!”
“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I wanted more than I can tell… For once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!” – Belle
“No great hunter wastes his time on rabbits.” Mrs. Potts
Beauty and the Beast is a masterwork of world literature and its movie adaptations transformed the classic story into iconic movies. By doing so, the movies have contributed to expanding the legacy of the fairytale.
“The villagers say that I’m a funny girl. But I’m not sure they mean it as a compliment.”
“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”
“If the Beast gave me a library as he gave to Belle, I’d marry him too.”
“How does a moment last forever? How can a story never die?
“En garde, you… you overgrown pocket watch!”
“Please… Don’t leave me. I love you.” Betsy Schow Liz Braswell Cogsworth
“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter three!”
“Far off places, daring sword fights, a prince in disguise…”
“I will escape. I promise.” – Belle
“Belle, you must leave here! This castle is alive!”
“For the longest time after the curse fell, I did not know if I was a beast who dreamed of being a man or a man who dreamed he was a beast.”
“Belle: Where is he?
“You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.”
Mrs. Potts: Ooh, dear! Elizabeth Rudnick
“Belle: Where is he?
Lumière: Come, come, show me the smile!
Cogsworth: Sweet! Beast
“Sometimes,’ Beauty said softly, sipping from her silver goblet, ‘everyone needs to let the beast inside them out for a while. She laughed, a sound like a waterfall meets the sea and more glitter escaped from her fingertips. ‘I like to see it. We all have our dark lusts. We should enjoy them.”
“The prince begged her for forgiveness, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart.”
“Well, there’s the usual things: flowers… chocolates… promises you don’t intend to keep.”
“People say a lot of things in anger. It is our choice whether or not to listen.”
“Try the grey stuff, it’s delicious! Don’t believe me? Ask the dishes!”
“We don’t like what we don’t understand, in fact, it scares us, and this monster’s mysterious, at least…” E. Lockhart
“If she is the one who’ll break the spell, you must finally learn to love.”
“Since you are so kind as to think of me, be so kind as to bring me a rose, for as none grow hereabouts, they are a kind of rarity.”
“You promised to give me my bookstore back,” she said, trying not to cry.
“Who’d have ever thought that this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming But there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”
Love lives on inside our hearts, and always will.”
“Don’t frighten the poor girl!”
“I want adventure in the great wide somewhere, I wanted more than I can tell… For once it might be grand to have someone understand, I want so much more than they’ve got planned!”
“The Beast looked at her with wry amusement. “Since you’re the clever one here and haven’t come up with a cunning plan, I was going to suggest brute force. Like we’re a castle under siege, fighting them off. That’s what I know.”
“It was her favorite story, that she remembers, but she would be hard-pressed to retell it now, faithfully, as it had been told to her. All she could recall were frayed, sleep-watered images of a forgotten castle in the middle of a wild forest, stone statues, crimson roses, and a dark, animal presence never seen, but which stained her memory of the tale, even past its edges to the daylight after.” Elizabeth D. Marie
The fairytale highlights the importance of looking past superficial characteristics when it comes to making friends and falling in love. It also shows the great rewards that come with having the courage to look beyond a person’s appearance to seek that which can be found within. Rosalind
Beast: Because I love her…”
Gaston: When we return to the village, you will marry me. N.R. Hart
“Beast: I let her go… Mrs. Pott
“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.”
“I have found that most troubles seem less troubling. After a bracing cup of tea.”
“When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirit high! Remember what you said: As long as there’s Christmas, I truly believe that hope is the greatest of the gifts we’ll receive. As long as our guiding star shines above.” Beast
“I want much more than this provincial life.”
“Impress her with your rapier wit. Shower her with compliments.”
“Did you honestly think she’d want someone like you when she had someone like me?” Belle
It is the love we must hold on to, never easy, but we try
18. “If he could learn to love another and earn her love in return, by the time the last petal fell, then, the spell will be broken.”
“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”
Sometimes our happiness is captured, somehow a time and place stand still,
“And now he’s dear and so unsure. I wonder why I didn’t see it there before.”
Beauty And The Beast Quotes About Love
“I would risk anything to kiss you again.”Angelique
These Beauty and the Beast Quotes bring back wonderful childhood memories
“I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her.” – Beast
“We’re together now. Everything’s going to be fine…”
Have you ever felt the need for a fine selection of the very best quotes from one of your favorite childhood fairytales? We’ve got you covered with our list of the most inspirational Beauty and the Beast Quotes. These are the quotes that will bring back wonderful childhood memories.
“I will escape. I promise.”
“Belle found she could look back. And not blush. And not have to look away.” Lumiere
“You most certainly did not, you pompous, paraffin-headed peabrain!”
“Belle: What happens when the last petal falls?
“Thank you for what you just did. But that doesn’t change that you’re too cowardly, to be honest with me…”
Cogsworth: Oh, my! BEAST”
“Then one night, an unexpected intruder arrived at the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm. As a gift, she offered the prince a single rose. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince turned the woman away.”
“Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside the castle, with a magic mirror, as his only window to the outside world.”
“Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?”
“You’re in the middle of the woods with a beast as the curse grows stronger. I won’t be able to control it forever.”
“You should learn to control your temper.” Liz Braswell
“Belle: [to Lumiere] What happens when the last petal falls?
“My dear Belle, you’re so ahead of your time. This is a small village, and it’s small-minded, as well. But small also means safe.” – Maurice
“I know he looks vicious, but he’s really kind and gentle.”
Lumière: The master remains a beast forever… Narrator
“Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back… and remember me.”
Gaston: When we return to the village, you will marry me.
“She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.” Cogsworth
“I truly believe that hope is the greatest of the gifts we’ll receive. As long as our guiding star shines above.”
[the Beast shows his sharp teeth and tries to smile] Mrs. Potts: Ooh, dear!
“I’d like to thank you all for coming to my wedding. But first I’d better go in there and propose to the girl.” Maurice
“You take me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?”
“When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirits high.”
I’ll fool myself, she’ll walk right in, and as the long long nights begin, I’ll think of all that might have been
Gaston: I’m Gaston. Belle sent me… Do you in love with her? Do you honestly think she wants you?
Gaston: Hello, Beast!
“I was innocent but certain, now I’m wiser but unsure.”
“Tale as old as time, tune as old as song, bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong.”
“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.” – Beast
“You don’t lose hope, love. If you do, you lose everything.”
Cogsworth: What? But why?
“This is a tale of beauty much deeper than that. It is the story of two people drawn together under the most interesting of circumstances, two people who learn to truly see what matters only after they meet each other and their tale—one both as old as time and as fresh as a rose—begins.”
“I am NOT a beast!” – Beast (to Gaston)
Cogsworth: …and we become antiques!” Lumiere
[Gaston notices the Beast, throws the torch away, and uses the pistol before shooting him] Liz Braswell Beast Belle Cogsworth: Sweet!
“The people think I’m odd. So, I know how it feels to be…different. And I know how lonely that can be.”
“We all know that Beauty grows to love the Beast. She grows to love him, despite what her family might think? for his charm and education, his knowledge of art, and his sensitive heart.”
“I let her go… Because I love her.” Mrs. Potts
“You take me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?”
“A ferocious growl drew my gaze to the back of the room, where a hairy beast wore a yellow ball gown. I tried to block out the memory of Beauty in that dress earlier this evening.”
“You should learn to control your temper.”
“And for once it might be grand to have someone understand I want so much more than they’ve got planned.”
“New and a bit alarming. Who’d have ever thought this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.” – Belle
“Did you see her stand up to him? I am telling you, this girl is the one. They must fall in love if we are to be human again, and how can they fall in love if she stays in her room?”
“As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”
“Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.”
“Well, I never thanked you for not leaving me to be eaten by wolves.”
“When the moment is right, confess your love.”
She will still inspire me, be a part of everything I do
“We all have a choice—to be monsters or men. It is not a matter of blood, but a condition of the heart.”
“Gaston, you are positively primeval.”
Waiting here forevermore…”
“True, that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”
“There goes the baker with his tray like always, the same old bread and rolls to sell, every morning just the same since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town.”
“No. You would never hurt me.”
“Master, we all understand how you feel about Christmas. But when a woman gives a man a gift, she’s saying, “I care about you.”
“How can you read this? There are no pictures!” “Well, some people use their imagination.” – Gaston & Belle
“They were in love with him because he was a prince and a faerie and magical and you were supposed to love princes and faeries and magic people. They loved him the way they’d loved Beast the first time he swept Belle around the dance floor in her yellow dress.”
“I would kill myself first,” he whispered.”
“I am a prince,” he responded with hauteur.” Belle Liz Braswell
“When the moment is right, confess your love.”
“I’m very sorry Gaston, but I just don’t deserve you.”
“Think of the one thing that you’ve always wanted. Now find it in your mind’s eye and feel it in your heart.”
“I told you nothing would change. I told you the master would not allow this. I told you Christmas was a hopeless folly. But, I was wrong.”Lumiere
[the Beast gives a wide smile, showing his monstrous teeth]
“Don’t you see? She’s the one. The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell.”
“New and a bit alarming. Who’d have ever thought this could be? True that he’s no Prince Charming but there’s something in him that I simply didn’t see.”
“As I have said, you have no reason to trust me, and an excellent reason not to.” Mrs. Potts
“He fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?”
“I did promise,” he said, his voice growing stronger and more human. “And… a king keeps his promises.”
Cogsworth: Oh, my!”
“Maybe she needed someone to show her how to live and he needed someone to show him how to love.” Mrs. Potts
The Beast gave a wan smile… and then leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.
“Almost immediately, I found the red door into the library. I opened it idly – and the breath stopped in my throat.”
“There always will be a time when the world is filled with peace and love.”
Lumière: Come, come, show me the smile!
“I am NOT a beast!” Aya Ling Liz Braswell
“If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it.” – Cogsworth Gaston
“Thank you for what you just did. But that doesn’t change that you’re too cowardly, to be honest with me…”
“Impress her with your rapier wit. Shower her with compliments.”
“You have to help me. You have to stand.”
“I just finished the most wonderful story.” Narrator
“My dear Belle, you’re so ahead of your time. This is a small village, and it’s small-minded, as well. But small also means safe.”
